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Main-Taunus-Kreis
Kelkheim

Staufen Summit Cairn – Emperor's Temple, Eppstein loop from Kelkheim (Taunus)

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Germany
Hesse
Main-Taunus-Kreis
Kelkheim

Staufen Summit Cairn – Emperor's Temple, Eppstein loop from Kelkheim (Taunus)

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Staufen Summit Cairn – Emperor's Temple, Eppstein loop from Kelkheim (Taunus)

03:42

12.4km

400m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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3.16 km

Pavilion near Großer Mannstein

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Refuge with resting place, the weather is not always as fantastic as this weekend

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3.39 km

Staufen Summit Cairn

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Not much to see other than the foundation of a shelter? and many stones.

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4.47 km

Emperor's Temple, Eppstein

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From the castle town of Eppstein, high up on the slope of the Staufen, you can see a classic temple like from the time of the ancient Greeks. Those who …

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4.69 km

View of Eppstein from Mendelssohn Rock

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Nice place even without a memorial stone

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4.74 km

View of Eppstein from the rocky outcrop

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Here you have a wonderful view over Eppstein.

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7.19 km

Walterstein and Hasenberg trails near Lorsbach

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The most striking, most interesting part of the hiking trails are the stone steps of the rocks on the Hasenberg.

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7.71 km

View of the Lorsbach Valley

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Better to go the upper way

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11.1 km

Zauberwald Kelkheim (Fairy Tale Forest)

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As the Taunus Nachrichten wrote so beautifully in 2017:
In the last few weeks and months, maybe even years, some strollers have rubbed their eyes - a piece of forest …

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12.4 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.18 km

1.88 km

1.19 km

121 m

Surfaces

4.51 km

3.46 km

3.12 km

1.16 km

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

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Sunday 10 May

14°C

6°C

87 %

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